I think the most damning thing that Slippery P highlighted was just how shit our organisational structure was under Trigg.
From a purely business perspective you had two employees using company time and resources to go after a player before getting approval from the guy who ultimately makes the decision. It shows a complete and utter lack of communication (from all parties) and shows what a shambles we were.
Amateur hour.
Guys, Guys, Guys, Guys!!!! You absolutely have no idea what goes on in recruitment so it is completely mind boggling how you can critique it against something you have no information or facts about.
If you look at the facts on the table of how we performed in that draft, trade week and mini trade week suggests we blitzed the offseason. This says our recruiting and list management department is working soundly.
Fact: Sanderson was announced Coach of Adelaide FC, Mon 19th September. Just two weeks before trade week commences. Think about it, he has to interview all the players, decide on his list and assess the holes and needs to fulfil his game plan. He is also a new coach and heavily inexperienced. Combine that with the poor history of giving inexperienced coaches everything they ask for and the club spending over $100k easily on recruiting resources over the course of the year we weren't about to just chuck it down the toilet to gift Sando everything.
Don't let emotion fool you into thinking the AFC did something wrong just because you don't like Trigg. The list manager is the fail safe so a coach doesn't come in and completely F over a list in the same manner Voss did at Brisbane by having free reign.
You do realise its a professional era and clubs have many irons in the fire. Cornes certainly isn't the first player burnt by the AFC and he wont be the last (doesn't make it right but its the nature of the beast). It would be completely stupid to have all our eggs in one basket and then at the last minute the player backs out.